Personal characteristics preceding pro-environmental behaviors that improve surface water quality

Great Plains Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-114

  Quinn, Courtney ^a   Burbach, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation practices; Environmental attitude; Moral reasoning; Motivation; Pro environmental behaviors; Surface water quality

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; NATURE CONSERVATION; SURFACE WATER; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 42549144120     PISSN: 10525165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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